By Aspen Pflughoeft From The Kansas City Star Oktoberfest is back. The world’s largest folk festival — famous for its beer — is in full swing in Munich, Germany, and around the globe, according to the festival’s official website. Oktoberfest kicked off on Saturday (Sept. 17) and continues until Oct. 3, festival organizers said. Here’s…
Celebrate Oktoberfest Like a Local: Best Beers, Food and the Right Way to Drink up
Travelers Infected With COVID-19 No Longer Banned From Entering Thailand
Thailand will soon allow entry of foreign travelers who are infected with the COVID-19 virus, following the cabinet’s approval to remove the disease from the list of illnesses that bar visitors’ entry into the country. Deputy government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said Tuesday that the change would take effect after it was published in the Royal…
World of Bluegrass Festival Showcases Raleigh’s Pleasantly Urban Side
By Myscha Theriault From Tribune News Service With a museum scene that’s earned the nickname Smithsonian of the South, a notable restaurant repertoire and a boast-worthy beer scene, an unassuming North Carolina town has an abundance of built-in reasons to brag. Simply put, Raleigh is pretty dope. While a number of events throughout the year…
Ghost Tours in St. Augustine: Fanciful Foray Into Fantasy and Fright
By Fyllis Hockman At 450-plus years, St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in the United States with a lot to recommend it — history, ancient (for this country) architecture, Spanish culture and, of course, ghosts. A city that old has a lot of history to haunt — a lot of death and despair to…
10 Awesome Things to Do in Arizona
If you’re planning a big vacation to Arizona, you definitely don’t want to miss anything. Here are ten awesome ideas for your next visit! We visited Arizona years ago with our daughter and visited most if not all of these wonderful sites on that trip. We have fond memories of this trip and wanted to…
St. Augustine, Florida, Lays its Claim to ‘Oldest’ Fame
In 1607 a small band of settlers founded the first permanent English outpost in the Americas, Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia. At that time another town already had existed since 1565 in a different part of the New World — making it the oldest continuously occupied European community in the country. Given its history,…
Opening Dates for New York City’s Popular Christmas Markets
By Laurie Baratti From TravelPulse Now that we’ve entered the “ber” months — heralded by an aroma of pumpkin spice lattes everywhere you go — the end-of-year holidays are officially in sight and New York City is preparing to host its epic Christmas-time extravaganzas. The Big Apple is legendary not only for its fantastic holiday…
A Vegetarian Journey Through Turkish Cuisine in Meat-Centric Istanbul
By Alicia Eler From Star Tribune Every time I’ve gone to Istanbul to visit family, I stuffed my face with spicy köfte kebab and other meaty dishes. One of my fondest food memories in Turkey happened when I was 11 and we were driving through the countryside, en route to my grandfather’s old flour factory…
A 17-Year-Old Entrepreneur’s Creative Board Game is Inspiring Kids to Put Down Their Phones and Explore the World
A spark of inspiration can strike at any time. Three years ago, it struck a girl in 8th grade returning home from a trip to Morocco. As her plane was landing in San Francisco, Ava Rathenberg overheard two boys playing on their tablet computers and realized that they had no idea where they were going….
BC Gondola Operator Sues Security Firm It Hired Before Cable Cut a Second Time
The British Columbia gondola company whose main suspension cable has twice been deliberately cut has filed a lawsuit against the security company it hired to design and install a new, upgraded system after the first crime in August 2019. A notice of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court this week by Sea to Sky Gondola argues an alarm system designed…
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